“Life is short and experiences with remarkable people are rare.”

Terence Stamp: “A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.” RIP

Finished listening to episodes 1 through to 100. Massively impressed by the commitment, insight, depth of knowledge, & humour. Many thanks for hours of enjoyment:
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“This conversation is over…” RIP Gene Hackman

“Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.” RIP David Lynch

One of my heroes and the main reason I ever watched Whose Line Is It Anyway. RIP

My kids are now hooked on Time Bandits. Not sure how I’m going to tell them it’s been cancelled…

“Isn't it what we wait for? To meet someone... and they're, they're like a lens and suddenly you're looking through them and everything changes and nothing can ever be the same again.” [Arthur Eden, Michael Clayton, 2007]

RIP Tom Wilkinson

Managed to sneak a little apocalyptic fun into the Christmas viewing with the kids. Helped by them all recognising the Spider-verse and TMNT influences.

Three of us watching Christmas films, as we’re unable to escape the village. Klaus is my choice, but I have to sit through the other two first…

Currently watching…

Holland March: Thanks, buddy.
Buddy: How'd you know my name was Buddy?

Trengrove aims for Taxi Driver vs Fight Club, but falls disastrously short. Manodrome makes Pain & Gain look like Beau Travail.

The day finally arrived when I got to watch this with my boys. They both stopped their grinnin and dropped their linen.

A photo of two people - on the left a man in a suit, on the right a woman with extraordinarily large head of dark hair. The caption reads: “Mother and father. Mother’s the one with the busby.”

Terry-Thomas’s mum’s hair is a thing of wonder

Gentrification of Hull continues apace. #Bodies #StephenGraham #SiSpencer

Catherine Shoard more influential than previously thought…